Queen’s Arms Hotel: First look at new pub planned for Queen Street Village Shopping Centre
One of the Gold Coast’s oldest pubs will be revived at one of its newest shopping centres in the latest addition to the city’s hospitality scene. ALL THE DETAILS
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One of the Gold Coast’s oldest pubs will be revived at one of the city’s newest shopping centres.
The Queen’s Arms Hotel will open in early 2024 at Southport’s Queen Street Village retail complex.
The 1000sq m venue was built during the $500m construction phase but has sat empty until recently.
Fitting out works inside the Queen Street-fronting building began earlier this month.
Its operators have launched a social media blitz previewing the opening, branding it as “an icon returns”.
They are also looking to hire staff who will run the complex, including managers, chefs, kitchenhands, bar attendants and other positions.
According to plans lodged with the Gold Coast City Council in 2020 it will feature a bistro, sports bar, dedicated gaming room and outdoor dining.
The new Queen’s Arms will open 139 years after the original pub, which was built on the corner of Davenport and Nerang streets.
It was opened by Frederick Fass in 1885, just seven years after the small township’s first hotel, the Pacific, which opened its doors on Marine Parade in 1878.
In those early days there were several popular watering holes, including venues such as The Grand and The Railway Hotel which remain open today, with the latter now trading as SOPO Brewing.
The two-storey wooden structure housing the original Queen’s Arms Hotel was one of Southport’s early success stories.
The pub was later known as the simply as the Queens Hotel and operated until 1998 when it underwent a major facelift and was renamed The Courthouse.
Among its owners through the years was late rugby league legend John Sattler who operated it during the 1980s.
In the early 90s it was run by leading liquor retailer Tom O’Neill and his family before it was auctioned in 1996.
It was under the custodianship of Hans Torvo when it closed in 2015 and the building sold in 2016.
Today it operates as an education facility.
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